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Koufax's next two pitches were fastballs right down the middle. Williams let the first one go and fouled off the second one; he ended up hitting a pop fly to left field on the next pitch. During the bottom of the seventh inning, Johnson broke up Hendley's no-hitter with a bloop hit behind the second baseman.
But he is perhaps best remembered for his match-ups against Baseball Hall of Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers for two classic pitchers' duels while Hendley was a member of the 1965 Cubs. On September 9 at Dodger Stadium, Hendley allowed only one hit, but Koufax threw a perfect game and defeated Hendley, 1–0.
Nicholas MacLeod holds the record for the most games lost in a single tournament: he lost 31 games at the Sixth American Chess Congress at New York 1889, while winning six and drawing one. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] MacLeod was only 19, and the tournament, a 20-player double- round robin , was one of the longest tournaments in chess history.
🏀 Wings win lottery: ... The 1,088th unique score in NFL history was powered by Jared Goff's 412 yards, 4 TD and perfect passer rating. ... Koufax went 129-47 with 115 complete games, a 2.19 ...
A ticket from the August 27, 1955 game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Redlegs, where Koufax earned his first career win. Having injured his ankle in the last week of spring training, Koufax was placed on the disabled list for 30 days; he would be activated by the Dodgers on
FIDE, the governing body of international chess, celebrates its 75th anniversary. A number of FIDE's member federations, including Argentina, are excluded over the non-payment of fees. [12] Alexander Baburin launches Coffee-break Chess, an online newspaper for chess fans and a forerunner to his Chess Today and Grandmaster Square ventures. [13]
Chess grandmaster Christopher Yoo, 17, was banned from the 2024 U.S. Championships after having an outburst. The teenager "crumpled his scoresheet, stormed out of the tournament hall, and struck a ...
Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in several matches in the 1990s. [7] [8] Henley has served as a chess trainer and promoter of leading young women chess players, including Three Time US Women's Chess Champion Irina Krush. [6] Ronald Henley, now inactive in competitive chess, tutors ...